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Application Development
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From e-commerce applications to online human resources support tools and customized search engines, XIST offers its clients a wide range of application development services using an array of current technologies: ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, PERL, Access, Oracle, SQL, and more.
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Corporate Intranets / Extranets
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Not only has XIST designed Intranets for large federal government departments, practicing what we preach we recently overhauled our own corporate Intranet. Using a highly detailed and structured data model, the XIST Intranet delivers database-driven personalized and customized data to individuals and operational user groups. Our Intranet features a range of corporate, operational, managerial, and human resources work tools including access to corporate benefits information, detailed project information, corporate contacts database, and a customized work-flow time tracking tools. Interested in buying an Intranet off-the-shelf? Want a demo? Give us a call.
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Database Development
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XIST has capability and experience in a variety of database technologies (including MS Access, Filemaker, Oracle, and SQL) and database-to-web enabling technologies such as ASP, ColdFusion, Java, PHP, Python, and ZOPE.
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E-Commerce
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Currently developing a number of dot CA properties, XIST has developed e-commerce shopping baskets that can be used to provide electronic commerce transaction capability to your site.
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Governance and Policy Development
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XIST has assisted clients in the development of electronic services governance frameworks and policies that clarify stakeholder roles and responsibilities, ensure management accountability and adherence to policies & legislation, provide cost savings through the elimination of organizational redundancies, and provide gap analysis of requirements not being met.
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Government of Canada Common Look and Feel
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Since 2001 XIST has assisted dozens of Government of Canada clients in meeting the requirements of CLF. Knowledgeable and efficient in implementing CLF redesigns, XIST can help your Government of Canada site implement these standards while maintaining an effective visual presentation and an effective information structure.
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Government of Canada Government Online
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XIST is assisting federal departments plan for and meet their Government On-Line (GOL) targets. We are assisting in the planning, design, implementation, and testing of a variety of GOL clusters and initiatives.
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Graphic Design
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With a full-service in-house graphic design department, XIST is able to execute client design requirements with skill and efficiency on Macs and PCs. Even clients that have their own in-house web development teams turn to XIST to produce award-winning, visually stunning, and (more importantly) effective usable layout and navigation for implementation by their teams.
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Information Architecture and Metadata
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The keys to managing the growth of large scale web sites and ensuring easy access to online resources are effective information architecture and the application of structured metadata. Employing almost a dozen Masters of Library and Information Science, XIST-built web sites are founded on solid principles of information architecture and data structures.
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Information Management / Knowledge Management
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Knowledge management (KM) is a modern-day concept where an enterprise consciously gathers, organizes, distributes, and analyzes its knowledge, in a structured and comprehensive fashion, to further its corporate objectives. Few enterprises actually have a comprehensive knowledge management practice in operation choosing instead to focus on existing processes and non-coordinated efforts to bring existing information sources together. XIST assists clients in the development and execution of practical Knowledge Management Plans and applications.
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Information Policy
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XIST assists senior level management in the federal public service create and respond to today's information policy needs. From assisting in the preparation of ministerial briefing notes to assessing the application of (and implications of) new technologies in government and industry, XIST is helping to establish tomorrow's information policies.
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Information Policy and Standards
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XIST has assisted in the planning and writing of networking Acceptable Use Policies, Metadata Standards Guides, Web Publishing Standards, Employee and Contractor Handbooks, Electronic Services Vision Statements, and more.
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Information Standards
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XIST personnel have been at the forefront of monitoring and developing Internet information standards including Government On-Line Common Look and Feel, the Dublin Core metadata standard, and the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative.
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Internet Marketing
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From Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM) to online ad buys and Internet Marketing Plans, XIST is serving clients in the promotion and delivery of their web sites and electronic service delivery.
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Internet Training
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Having implemented and managed the highly-successful CHIN Internet Training Programme through the Department of Canadian Heritage during its five year run, XIST now provides training as-and-when requested by clients.
Over the five years training through the CHIN programme and independently XIST resources trained thousands of Canadian federal public servants, library personnel, and museum professionals on a variety of topics including an Introduction to the Internet, HTML Web Publishing, Creating Your Web Site, JavaScript Programming, Museums on the Weband more.
We regret that we no longer offer regularly scheduled classes but can provide qualified trainers to meet your training needs. Those linking to the resources on our old training web site should note that those materials are no longer maintained. Availability of those resources will be discontinued in the future.
For more information contact training@xist.com.
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Internet Web Sites
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This is what we do best. Having planned, designed, developed, and implemented hundreds of web sites, XIST is considered one of Canada's most prolific web developers.
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Marketing Plans
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Guerilla marketing, online ad buys, domain name registration and hosting, direct email campaigns, banner ad creation, cross-marketing, and partnering opportunities. From the development of marketing strategies to the registration of strategic Internet domains, not only has XIST built web sites for our clients but we help ensure their success.
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Metadata Development
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Six years ago we were advising clients on title, keyword, and description fields for higher search engine ranking. Four years ago we began implemeting GILS metadata for government clients. Two years ago we were already on to Dublin Core. Today we're developing catalogues for web sites and Intranets, dynamically generating metatags, developing relevant data models and fielded searching capabilities for our clients. What is metadata? It's like cataloguing... and who better to catalogue your electronic resources than a bunch of library professionals.
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Multimedia Design
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Macromedia Flash, Shockwave, and Director and Adobe Premiere. Our multimedia developers can create interactive online games, web site and kiosk-based advertisements and interstitials, and complete multimedia versions of new or existing web sites.
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Performance Measurement
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XIST uses business processes and online tools and technologies to measure performance and Return on Investment (ROI) including web metrics analysis and use of online reporting tools for automating the monitoring of security, risk, privacy, and compliance threats.
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Programming
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XIST maintains in-house and on-demand programming expertise in a range of Internet programming languages: ASP, C, C++, ColdFusion, Java, JavaScript, PERL, PHP, Python, and more.
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Project Management
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XIST provides qualified and experienced Project Managers to a wide range of web site and application development projects. Having a history of publshing to the web even before the development of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, XIST provides some of the most experienced management in Canadian web development.
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Records Management
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XIST provides records, document, and file management support to clients' enterprise content management systems including RDIMS, Microsoft SharePoint, other proprietary systems and the development of controlled vocabularies that integrate with them.
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Recruitment and Placement Services
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Whether to satisfy on-site staffing requirements at your office location or project-based development in our shop, XIST can help you find and staff the appropriate resources to meet your human resources needs.
For the past four years XIST has been maintaining a database of qualified applicants in a variety of disciplines through our Jobs@XIST web site and via direct email correspondence with our HR department via jobs@xist.com.
We have placed resources on site with a number of our most valued federal government clients at departments like Environment Canada, Canada Business Service Centres, Industry Canada, and the National Library of Canada. XIST screens and interviews applicants, conducts security checks and security clearance processing. Most XIST staff and contractors are cleared to a minimum of Enhanced Level.
XIST primarily sources qualified resources in the following areas but is prepared to meet the full needs of our clients:
- graphic design
- information architecture
- library services (including metadata and thesaurus development)
- multimedia development
- programming
- project management
- research
- web development
- writing and editing
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Senior Management Consulting/Ministerial Briefing
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XIST has helped senior management of public sector companies and senior federal government management prepare project plans, ministerial briefings, Treasury Board submissions, and strategic visions.
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Site Makeovers
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Have a web site already? In need of a facelift? XIST can help redesign your site -- both the site navigation and its visual identity with our skilled team of information architects, web developers, and graphic designers. From wire-frame navigational outlines to storyboards and templating, XIST can do as much or as little as is required to improved the look and feel of your site.
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Strategic Planning
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From Internet web site and Intranet strategic plans, to needs analyses and project charter development, XIST has been involved in the strategic planning and implementation of hundreds of web sites.
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Systems Integration
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Need to integrate legacy systems or stand-alone databases? Have an application that needs web-enabling? XIST can integrate old systems into state-of-the-art web applications.
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Testing: Conformance
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XIST tests web sites for conformance to defined standards including Government On-Line Common Look and Feel.
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Testing: Focus Groups
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XIST can the testing criteria and facilitate structured focus testing groups for in-development and pre-launch requirements. By testing for user preference and reaction in advance, various web site weaknesses can be rectified before going live to your users.
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Testing: Functional
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XIST can put your web sites and online applications to the test before your users. Functional testing will help to determine coding errors, broken links, dead-ends, and related problems affecting the functioning of a site or application.
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Testing: Usability
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Heuristic walk-throughs and formal usability methodology that tests user behavior on your web sites and web applications can help to identify a myriad of potential problems and improve the design of any site or application. XIST assists organizations in defining the methodology and conducting usability tests in controlled video-taped environments for proper testing and analysis.
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Testing: Web Accessibility
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XIST tests web sites for barriers to special needs groups such as the visually impaired. By using visually impaired and low visibility consultants, XIST is able to produce detailed reports on the barriers to access of client web sites for those using adaptive and assistive technologies such as screen reading software.
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Thesaurus Building
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Need to know the difference between a Subject Authority List and a Thesaurus? Want to know the cost of (and the benefits of) building and integrating a thesaurus into your web site? As a federal government department, is it better for you to add your terms to the Core Subject Thesaurus or create your own? With our education and proven experience in library sciences, XIST is the best resource to contact concerning your thesaurus building requirements.
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Thesaurus Construction
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XIST is currently implementing thesaurus construction projects for Government of Canada departments. Thesauri provide a controlled vocabulary to web site subject searches enhancing search and retrieval. Find out more from our professionally trained library services staff and management.
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User Interface Design
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Having developed hundreds of web sites since the web was still a text-based system has allowed XIST to develop a strong expertise in User Interface Design. Coupling XIST's strengths in the principles of Information Management with expertise in Usability and Graphic Design, our web interfaces are functional, easy-to-use, and visually effective.
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Writing and Editing
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XIST has an in-house writing unit of technical writers, web content developers, editors, and former journalists to satisy client content development and delivery.
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